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A newsletter about life in motion.

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50 stations across 131 miles in just 6 hours! Can we do it?! Follow along @peterhartlaub and I as we attempt the @SFBART speed run challenge today for @sfchronicle! 🚇 – at Fremont, CA
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Though all the blood, sweat, tears, dirt, vomit, and whatever else the trails can throw at us... we always find our way back. 🏃🏔️ 🎥: run_rhandi_run via Instagram
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📣The 2025 Old School Ultras have been announced! ➡️ See if your favorite long standing race made the list. Find out what makes a race "old school". ultrarunning.com/old-school-… #oldschoolultras #ultramarathon
Old School Ultras 2025

ALT Old School Ultras 2025

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"Unlike San Francisco, a city of windswept sand dunes and crowded wharves, Oakland was a city that, if designed differently, could have been a model for urban greenery in America..." footnotes.substack.com/p/par… via @xfootnotes
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“Our splits were 1:59 1:57 1:57 and 1:58” “So you broke 8:00 in the 4x800 sir?” “8:03”
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Excellent essay on the origins of Oakland's highways: "Resting beneath the world we inhabit are decisions that shape how we move..." footnotes.substack.com/p/run… via @xfootnotes
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The Ouray 100 is coming up this weekend. Take a look back at this race report, where we are reminded that everyone has their own version of "winning" a 100 mile race. ultrarunning.com/featured/ou… #ouray100 #100miles #ultramarathon
Ouray 100: How To Win an Ultra - Ultra Running Magazine

Ouray 100: How To Win an Ultra - Ultra Running Magazine

Within a mile, I was among new friends. Everyone was chatting. Laughing. I looked around and remembered the family of the ultramarathon. These are my people. From that first mile, Ouray didn’t feel...

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More brands are using UTMB-Mont Blanc week to showcase of their latest models, which were put to the test in the UTMB World Series Finals races. bit.ly/4dPxkUe
The Fastest Trail Shoes at the 2024 UTMB

The Fastest Trail Shoes at the 2024 UTMB

More brands are using UTMB-Mont Blanc week to showcase of their latest models, which were put to the test in the UTMB World Series Finals races

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“When it comes to falling in trail running, it’s not a matter of if, but when," Chris Twiggs once told AJW. In his latest, Andy writes about a recent fall he took in a race. irunfar.com/running-and-fall…

Running and Falling: A Cautionary Tale

AJW writes about a recent fall he suffered during a trail race.

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How Crossing American Streets Became Impossible (Can you guess which Oakland intersection this essay is about without looking?) footnotes.substack.com/p/how… cc: @IDoTheThinking @fermoso
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"Did he just start naming distance runners from 15 years ago?"
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Tomorrow the 50 mile world record holder (4:48:21) .@lawrence_char is aiming for a new 100K world record (6:05:35). 5:53 mile pace for 62.1 miles.
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